{"id":60977,"date":"2021-11-09T07:23:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T07:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=60977"},"modified":"2021-11-09T07:23:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T07:23:52","slug":"planning-of-cites-upsc-daily-important-topic-9-november-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/planning-of-cites-upsc-daily-important-topic-9-november-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"PLANNING OF CITES: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 9 November 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PLANNING OF CITES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The streets and houses of Harappan cities were once through to be laid on a grid pattern oriented north-south and east-west. Actually, even Mohenjodaro does not show a perfect grid system.<\/li><li>Roads were not always absolutely straight and did not always cross one another at right angles. But the settlements were clearly planned.<\/li><li>No strict correlation between the level of planning and the size of a settlement. For example, the relatively small site of Lothal shows a much higher level of planning than kalibangan, which is twice its size.<\/li><li>The details of the plans differ:<ul><li>Mohenjodaro, Harappa and Kalibangan have a similar layout, consisting of a raised citadeh complex and a lower city.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>At Lothal and Surkotada, the citadel complex is not separate; it is located within the main settlement.<\/li><li>Dholavira consisted of not two but three parts- the citadel, middle town and lower town.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PLANNING OF CITES The streets and houses of Harappan cities were once through to be laid on a grid pattern oriented north-south and east-west. Actually, even Mohenjodaro does not show a perfect grid system. 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